US2024215721A1PendingUtilityA1

Storage cabinet

Assignee: HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR COPriority: Sep 30, 2021Filed: Dec 29, 2021Published: Jul 4, 2024
Est. expirySep 30, 2041(~15.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Yongxue Xi
A47B 2210/175A47B 88/90A47B 2088/901F25D 23/021F25D 25/025F25D 25/04A47B 88/75A47B 88/457A47B 88/453A47B 51/00
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Abstract

A storage cabinet is provided. The storage cabinet includes a cabinet body in which a storage space is included; and a storage assembly, disposed in the storage space; the storage assembly includes a base and a storage member, the storage member is movably disposed in the base; a telescoping mechanism, disposed on at least one side of the base; the telescoping mechanism is connected to the base and the cabinet body, respectively, and configured to drive the base to be switched between a hidden position at which the base is retracted into the storage space and a stretching position at which the base is stretched out of the storage space; and a lifting mechanism, disposed on at least one side of the storage member.

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1 . A storage cabinet, comprising:
 a cabinet body in which a storage space is included; and   a storage assembly disposed in the storage space and including a base and a storage member, the storage member being movably disposed in the base;   a telescoping mechanism disposed on at least one side of the base, the telescoping mechanism being connected with the base and the cabinet body, respectively, and being configured to drive the base to be switched between a hidden position at which the base is retracted into the storage space and a stretching position at which the base is stretched out of the storage space; and   a lifting mechanism disposed on at least one side of the storage member and including a pulley assembly, a lifting flexible cable and a lifting driver, the lifting flexible cable being wrapped around the pulley assembly to form a plurality of mounting positions synchronously moving in the same direction on the lifting flexible cable and/or the pulley assembly, the storage member being mounted on the mounting position, and the lifting driver being used for driving the lifting flexible cable to move up and down the storage member with respect to the base.   
     
     
         2 . The storage cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the pulley assembly comprises a plurality of fixed pulleys rotatably disposed on the base, and the lifting flexible cable comprises a plurality of flexible cable segments having the same direction of transmission and being arranged in parallel between the plurality of the fixed pulleys, and the mounting positions are disposed on the flexible cable segments. 
     
     
         3 . The storage cabinet of  claim 2 , wherein the lifting flexible cable is annular, and the plurality of the fixed pulleys comprise:
 a first set of fixed pulleys including a plurality of first fixed pulleys,   a second set of fixed pulleys, disposed below the first set of fixed pulleys and connected to the first set of fixed pulleys in a transmission way through the lifting flexible cable, the second set of fixed pulleys comprising a plurality of second fixed pulleys;   a third set of fixed pulleys disposed between the first set of fixed pulleys and the second set of fixed pulleys, wherein the third set of fixed pulleys comprises at least one third fixed pulley disposed between two adjacent second fixed pulleys, the lifting flexible cable being wrapped between the two adjacent second fixed pulleys is-being wrapped around a corresponding third fixed pulley and shows the lifting flexible cable comprises a plurality of the flexible cable segments between the first set of fixed pulley and the second set of fixed pulley; and   the lifting driver is connected to the first fixed pulleys, the second fixed pulleys or the third fixed pulleys.   
     
     
         4 . The storage cabinet of  claim 3 , wherein a number of the first fixed pulleys and a number of the second fixed pulleys are both two, and at least one third fixed pulley is disposed between two adjacent second fixed pulleys, and the transmission direction of the lifting flexible cable wrapped between the third fixed pulley and one of the second fixed pulleys is same as and parallel with the transmission direction of the lifting flexible cable wrapped between the other second fixed pulley and a corresponding first fixed pulley. 
     
     
         5 . The storage cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the lifting flexible cable comprises a first flexible cable and a second flexible cable which are both linear, the pulley assembly comprises a first movable pulley and a second movable pulley, the mounting positions are disposed at the first movable pulley and the second movable pulley, first ends of both the first flexible cable and the second flexible cable are fixed to the base, a second end of the first flexible cable is wrapped around the lifting driver after passing through the first movable pulley and a second end of the second flexible cable is wrapped around the lifting driver after passing through the second movable pulley. 
     
     
         6 . The storage cabinet of  claim 5 , wherein the lifting driver comprises a motor, a drive reel and a driven reel, the drive reel and the driven reel being mounted on the base, the second end of the first flexible cable is wrapped around the drive reel and the second end of the second flexible cable is wrapped around the driven reel, a drive gear is fixed at an end of the drive reel, a driven gear engaged with the drive gear is fixed at an end of the driven reel; and the motor is connected to the drive reel for rotating the drive reel. 
     
     
         7 . The storage cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the telescoping mechanism comprises:
 a first sliding rail fixed to the cabinet body,   a second sliding rail fixed to the base, the second sliding rail being slidably mounted to the first sliding rail for sliding with respect to the first sliding rail,   a telescoping fixed pulley rotatably mounted on the first sliding rail,   a rotary wheel rotatably disposed in the cabinet body or on the first sliding rail,   a telescoping flexible cable wrapped around the rotary wheel and the telescoping fixed pulley, both ends of the telescoping flexible cable being connected to the second sliding rail, and   a telescoping driver for rotating the rotary wheel.   
     
     
         8 . The storage cabinet of  claim 7 , wherein the telescoping mechanism further comprises at least one intermediate sliding rail, the first sliding rail is slidably connected to the second sliding rail through the intermediate sliding rail, at least one telescoping movable pulley is rotatably mounted on the intermediate sliding rail, the telescoping flexible cable located between the telescoping flexible pulley and the second sliding rail is wrapped around the telescoping movable pulley. 
     
     
         9 . The storage cabinet of  claim 7 , wherein the telescoping mechanism is disposed on both sides of the base, the first sliding rail is formed on a first connecting plate, the rotary wheel is mounted in the first connecting plate through a wheel sleeve, both telescoping drivers are mounted on a second connecting plate, and the second connecting plate is fixed between two first connecting plates. 
     
     
         10 . The storage cabinet of  claim 9 , wherein the two telescoping drivers are integrated into an assembly including a synchronizing rod, a telescoping motor and a gear assembly, the telescoping motor is fixed to the second connecting plate, the synchronizing rod is rotatably mounted to the second connecting plate, both ends of the synchronizing rod are fixedly connected to the rotary wheel respectively and an output shaft of the telescoping motor is engaged with the synchronizing rod in a transmission way through the gear assembly.

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